Conference Carolinas Extends Collaboration With South Atlantic Conference Into Women’s Triathlon and Women’s Wrestling
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas and the South Atlantic Conference are extending their collaboration into women’s triathlon and women’s wrestling.
The two conferences have combined to administer men’s wrestling and field hockey since the start of the 2018-19 academic year.
The addition of women’s triathlon and women’s wrestling also comes with the announcement that the South Atlantic Conference will be the sole sponsor of field hockey starting in the 2022-23 academic year. The two conferences will still administer men’s wrestling together until the start of the 2023-24 academic year when both conferences will then solely sponsor the sport.
“We are really excited about the addition of working with the SAC to administer the NCAA emerging sports of women’s triathlon and women’s wrestling,” Conference Carolinas Commissioner Chris Colvin said. “I know both the Conference Carolinas and South Atlantic Conference student-athletes are thrilled to be able to compete against each other in a conference format that also allows us to help lead the way nationally in promoting the growth of these two sports.”
The two conferences will start women’s triathlon in the 2022-23 academic year, while women’s wrestling will begin in the 2023-24 academic year.
"We are thrilled to be able to continue our partnership with Conference Carolinas,” South Atlantic Conference Commissioner Patrick Britz said. “To be one of the first conferences to sponsor both women's wrestling and women's triathlon is an honor and a privilege. We are excited to help these two emerging sports grow and provide meaningful, competitive championships for the student-athletes in both the SAC and Conference Carolinas."
The Conference Carolinas member institutions competing in women’s triathlon are Emmanuel and King. The South Atlantic Conference will be represented by Lenoir-Rhyne, Newberry, Queens and Wingate.
The Conference Carolinas member institutions competing in the women’s wrestling collaboration are Emmanuel, King and Mount Olive, while Emory & Henry, Limestone and Lincoln Memorial will represent the SAC.
This is Conference Carolinas
Conference Carolinas believes in the development and formation of the whole person in body, mind and soul. Our students are nationally recognized for their extraordinary success in the classroom, in the community and at the highest levels of NCAA competition.
Conference Carolinas is a sole sponsor of 23 sports, which is among the most in all of the NCAA. Including the collaboration with the South Atlantic Conference in women’s triathlon, men’s wrestling and women’s wrestling along with the partnership with the Great Midwest Athletic Conference in men's and women's bowling, Conference Carolinas provides its member institutions sports sponsorship in 28 different sports.
The ability to provide its membership sports sponsorship in 28 sports is the most in all of NCAA Division II. In addition, Conference Carolinas also provides championship opportunities for its member institutions in Esports. Conference Carolinas held its second Madden Invitational Championship during the 2021-22 academic year.
This is all in addition to adding Developmental Championships for its member institutions this academic year. Conference Carolinas is believed to be the first NCAA conference to offer sub-varsity championships to its members.
About the South Atlantic Conference
The South Atlantic Conference aspires to be the premier NCAA Division II athletic conference in the country; a conference where a high priority of each member institution is a balance between athletics and the overall academic, spiritual, social and physical development of each student-athlete to provide these individuals with skills for future success. The SAC consists of 13 member institutions in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.